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Tesla Misses Q1 2025 Earnings, Investors Await Musk’s Strategic Update - Tesla Ramps Up Cybertruck Production at Giga Texas
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Tesla’s $59,990 Cybertruck Is Gone — The New Base Price Is $69,990

Ten days. That’s how long Tesla kept the door open on a $59,990 Cybertruck. On March 1, the introductory price disappeared from the configurator and the new base figure landed at $69,990 — still $10,000 less than the Premium trim, but a notable jump for buyers who weren’t fast enough to order. Autoblog first reported…

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China Bans Concealed Door Handles, Forcing Tesla, BMW, and Xiaomi Into Costly EV Redesigns

A door that won’t open in a crash isn’t a design quirk. It’s a death trap. China’s government just codified that reality into law, and the ripple effects will hit EV design studios from Munich to Fremont. China’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology published rules banning concealed, electrically operated door handles on vehicles sold…

Tesla's Cybercab Program Manager Quit the Day After the First Unit Rolled Off the Line
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Tesla’s Own Data Shows Its Robotaxis Crash 4x More Than Human Drivers — and Up to 8x More by NHTSA Standards

Fourteen crashes. An estimated 800,000 miles. One city. Those numbers come directly from Tesla’s own vehicle safety reports filed with federal regulators, as analyzed by Bloomberg’s Kara Carlson using data from NHTSA’s Standing General Order database. Five Crashes Across Six Weeks Paint a Damaging Picture Tesla’s latest vehicle safety report covers five incidents from December…

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